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Cleaning up the Great Lakes wouldn't just help the environment. It would also be good for the economy.
Restoring the Great Lakes - controlling invasive species, addressing sewage contamination, cleaning up toxic waste and restoring shoreline - would create $50 billion in economic benefit from a $26 billion cleanup investment.
That's according to a recent report commissioned by a coalition of business and environmental organizations and conducted by the Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program. VIA Laura B. lib.wmrc.uiuc.edu
